tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67299493136648262942018-03-05T08:50:44.123-08:00sportsdineshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01432591349987115227noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729949313664826294.post-88244042435201376502010-06-12T00:26:00.000-07:002010-06-12T00:34:46.783-07:00world cup 2010-France and Uruguay share 1/1 by draw of 0-0<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_D91A146s16Q/TBM4bE7dImI/AAAAAAAAACY/Y5KxzNzN91M/s1600/sidneygovouuruguaymiss20100611_350x197.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481787209270764130" style="WIDTH: 350px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 197px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_D91A146s16Q/TBM4bE7dImI/AAAAAAAAACY/Y5KxzNzN91M/s400/sidneygovouuruguaymiss20100611_350x197.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br />Uruguay youngster Nicolas Lodeiro became the first player to be sent off at the 2010 World Cup as his side played out a 0-0 draw against a lacklustre France in Group A.<br /><br />Winger Sidney Govou had by far the clearest chance to score for France in only the seventh minute, side-footing a Franck Ribery cross wide with the goal gaping. Uruguay even played the last nine minutes with ten men after substitute Nicolas Lodeiro's dismissal.<br /><br />France, who are in South Africa thanks to William Gallas' highly controversial goal in their qualification play-off against the Republic of Ireland, left former captain Thierry Henry on the bench with Manchester United left-back Patrice Evra having inherited the armband.<br /><br />Uruguay, meanwhile, boasted two of European club football's most potent goalscorers up front at Green Point Stadium in Atletico Madrid's Diego Forlan and Ajax forward Luis Suarez.<br /><br />France should have opened the scoring in the seventh minute. Abou Diaby played Ribery in down the left and when the winger's teasing left-footed cross flashed across the face of goal, Govou failed to strike it cleanly and the ball went well wide.</div>dineshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01432591349987115227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729949313664826294.post-77722555238338113752010-06-11T23:42:00.000-07:002010-06-12T00:25:36.985-07:00World cup 2010 -South Africa and Mexico share there point due to draw of 1-1<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_D91A146s16Q/TBM11mOX-cI/AAAAAAAAACQ/V2lipZPuNMU/s1600/siphiwetshabalalagoal20100611_350x197.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481784366350203330" style="WIDTH: 350px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 197px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_D91A146s16Q/TBM11mOX-cI/AAAAAAAAACQ/V2lipZPuNMU/s400/siphiwetshabalalagoal20100611_350x197.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>It the opining game of world cup 2010 ,between South Africa and Mexico the match finish with draw .In the game palyed in front of 85 thousand live viewer,the south Africa take lead on 55 minutes with a golden score of Siphiwe Tshabalala but at 79 minutes Mexico return on the game by scoring equalling goal by Rafael Marquez .</div><br /><div>South Africe was near to get 3 points when striker Katlego Mphela hit the post in the 90th minute.Modise’s miss proved costly as the Mexicans levelled through Marquez in the 79th minute as a ball lofted over the top of the hosts defence found the Barcleona star and he coolly slotted it past goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune.The first-half had seen the Mexicans dominate and Carlos Vela had the ball in the net in the 38th minute but it was correctly ruled out for offside.</div>dineshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01432591349987115227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729949313664826294.post-31739592489883101612010-05-24T23:49:00.000-07:002010-05-25T00:27:37.919-07:00world cup 2010 offical song<p><iframe allowFullScreen='true' webkitallowfullscreen='true' mozallowfullscreen='true' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxj6jHUc3PwaSokdiDiKr0OQWGG7Cay3HBbH1By4hOwDxnUWIb7-JcDUMmZ_m3i6lTVsUpYC2hCz7bjESkzDA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' FRAMEBORDER='0' /></p><p>A nice song.</p>dineshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01432591349987115227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729949313664826294.post-52376532082121482952010-05-06T20:06:00.000-07:002010-05-06T20:21:18.937-07:00Argentina take victory over Haiti scoring 4-0<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468362601642424050" style="WIDTH: 117px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 132px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_D91A146s16Q/S-OG0EXtdvI/AAAAAAAAACI/rKgEhYjEC-E/s400/LPAA8CA1J6T6KCAURBX4JCA59NP2MCAL2N2B0CAZZVL5CCA525JT7CA2YQ6UOCA3OM9UWCA6AKVXJCAVEG3XKCACD900MCAVABPLBCAQNHBQICACI79WSCAYF1OY3CADYXFVUCAYWW6TKCACSWWPHCAN10UD3.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>In preparation of Coming worldcup football Argentina take victory over Haiti scoring 4-0 in international warm up match.After this win Maradona said his team is ready for play in worldcup forrball.This was the last warm up match of Argentina . Argentina will come with out popular Europe player.</div>dineshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01432591349987115227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729949313664826294.post-76799028746088963752010-05-06T19:58:00.000-07:002010-05-06T20:21:47.095-07:00hat-trick of Ronaldo makes wins for Real Madrid<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468358892987516498" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_D91A146s16Q/S-ODcMjehlI/AAAAAAAAACA/mXNvAaRHvOQ/s400/t1larg_crgoal_gi.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>Cristiano Ronaldo netted his first ever hat-trick for Real Madrid to move onto 25 goals of the season as Real came from behind to win 4-1 at Real Mallorca on Wednesday to move a point behind Barcelona and ensure the title race goes down to the wire.</div><br /><div>Real trail Barcelona by one point after matching the defending champions' 4-1 victory over Tenerife the night before, coming from behind to defeat European hopefuls Mallorca.Ronaldo put Real ahead 11 minutes after halftime with his 24th league goal this season, again combining with Ramos as he chested down the Argentine's pass and prodded the ball past Aouate.<br />He made it 3-1 with 18 minutes to play as he skipped past two defenders on the left-hand edge of the penalty area and calmly slotted a low right-foot shot past the keeper to seal his first treble for the club.<br />Gonzalo Higuain capped the victory 10 minutes later with a superb deft chip over Aouate after running clear for his 26th goal in La Liga this season, putting him behind only Messi's 31.</div><br /><div>Mallorca surrender fourth place to Sevilla who are a point ahead after thrashing Racing Santander 5-1 on Wednesday and take on Barcelona at home on Saturday. Barcelona’s tally of 93 points is the most any team has chalked up in a league of 20 or 22 teams and there are still two games to play although it may not be enough with Real breathing down their necks.<br />With five minutes gone Mallorca had the ball in the net but Gonzalo Castro looked up in dismay to see his effort had been ruled out for a marginal offside. Real looked shaky and they conceded from a corner on 16 minutes with Victor arriving at the back post to volley into the danger area and Aduriz was on hand to convert his 12th goal of the campaign.<br />However, the lead was short-lived and predictably it was Ronaldo who provided the equaliser. The former Manchester United man used his pace to race onto a long diagonal ball over the top and arrived just before the advancing goalkeeper Dudu Aouate and managed to lob the ball high into the net before colliding with the Israeli custodian.<br />Real goalkeeper Iker Casillas had to make two saves to deny Aduriz and Castro inside two minutes and the visitors were fortunate to go in 1-1 at the break. Madrid stepped up their game after the interval and Ronaldo created a great chance for strike partner Higuain who fluffed his lines by shooting wide.<br />The Portuguese star showed the Argentine how to do it on 57 minutes controlling Sergio Ramos’s cross-field pass on his chest before poking the ball home for his second goal of the game. Ronaldo then collected the ball and left two defenders in his wake before drilling in a low shot to cap a fantastic hat-trick. It had been one-way traffic in the second half and Higuain produced a fine lob nine minutes from time for a fourth goal to rub salt in Mallorca’s wounds and put the pressure back on Barcelona. </div>dineshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01432591349987115227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729949313664826294.post-7012907976678222602010-05-05T19:36:00.000-07:002010-05-06T20:22:19.832-07:00ICC WORLD TWENTY20 WEST INDIES 2010 <marquee direction="right" style="color:blue;"><span style="font-size:100%;color:red;">New Zealand And England reach in super eight.</span></marquee><br /><br /><br />In the game effected by the rain on tuseday's New Zealand And england reach in super eight.New Zealand wins with a seven-run Duckworth/Lewis victory over Zimbabwe .In group "B" game losing toss Zimbabwe come to bat frist.Zimbabwe all out at 15.1 over scoring 84 run.Zimbabwe, who are the first team to bow out of the competition, began brightly with openers Tatenda Taibu and Hamilton Masakadza putting on 36 for the opening wicket.New Zealand soon found their stride, however, and forced a spectacular collapse that saw Zimbabwe lose eight wickets for 16 runs.<br />In return New Zealand losing 1 wickets score score wining score 36 in 8.1 over.New Zealand lost opener Jesse Ryder for two but Martin Guptill (six not out) and Brendon McCullum (22 not out) steered them to 36 . <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468004855706501890" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 310px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 207px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_D91A146s16Q/S-JBcg5_QwI/AAAAAAAAAB4/yk0rAQE6t_4/s320/trent-johnston-niall-917872.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br />In group "D" game between englang and Ireland rain dustrub the game.Loosing toss england come to bat first.In given 20 over england lost 8 wicket scoring 1 hundred and 20 run.In return at 3.3 over losing 1 wicket Ireland score 15 run then heavy rain falled.By wining both gane west Indies already reach in super eight.England and Ireland both had 1/1 point so by run rate england reach to super eight.dineshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01432591349987115227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729949313664826294.post-36042645858121684872010-03-16T04:53:00.000-07:002010-03-16T04:57:15.333-07:00 nepal loos acc u-16 with singaporeSingapore beat Nepal by 68 runs to win the ACC U-16 Elite Cup Cricket tournament at the Tribhuvan University Ground Tuesday.<br /><br />Winning the toss, Singapore elected to bat making 146 runs in the allotted 40 overs losing 6 wickets. <br /><br />In reply, Nepal could only muster 78 runs losing all wickets in 22 overs. Nepal's batting could not match the Singaporean bowling attack, losing wickets at regular intervals.<br /><br />Nepal had not lost any matches before the finals in the tournament. It beat Malaysia by 32 runs in the semi finals on March 14. It also swept all its matches in the group stage beating Hong Kong by 6 wickets, Kuwait by 101 runs and Bahrain by 85 runsdineshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01432591349987115227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729949313664826294.post-10375491994813221162010-02-24T18:48:00.000-08:002010-02-24T18:54:17.595-08:00Rooney effort let to lead United's winZlatan Ibrahimovic’s second-half equaliser earned holders Barcelona a 1-1 draw at VfB Stuttgart in their Champions League last-16 first leg on Tuesday.<br />Two Wayne Rooney headers led Manchester United to a 3-0 win over West Ham United at Old Trafford on Tuesday, taking the champions within a point of Chelsea at the top of the Premier League. Striker Rooney, who also scored two headers when his side beat AC Milan in the Champions League last week, took his tally for the season to 27 — with 19 of those goals coming in his last 19 matches. Substitute Michael Owen added the third in the 80th minute, two minutes after replacing goal machine Rooney who executed both headers with real power from crosses by Antonio Valencia after 38 and 55 minutes. Manchester United are second with 60 points from 28 matches, one behind leaders Chelsea who have a game in hand. United gradually took control of the game and deservedly went ahead seven minutes before halftime with a brilliantly-executed goal, Valencia providing a cushioned volley cross for Rooney to score. Nine minutes later Rooney doubled the lead with another fine header and Owen made sure of victory when he opened his body and found the far corner of the net after a through pass from Paul Scholesdineshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01432591349987115227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729949313664826294.post-47624268544961144332010-02-24T18:38:00.000-08:002010-02-24T18:56:40.833-08:00 Double hundred of SachienSachien tendulkar the Indian batsman hold the record of Double century in the match against South Africa in wednesday in Gwalior.milestone man Sachin Tendulkar re-wrote the record books on Wednesday, hammering the first double century in the history of one-day cricket to add another feather to his well-adorned cap.At 36, Tendulkar hasn't shown signs of ageing, and his sparkling touch in both forms of the game has ruled out all possibilities of him checking out anytime soon. Fatigue, cramps and paucity of time have stood in the way of batsmen going that extra mile to get to the 200-mark. Tendulkar did cramp up after crossing 150, but he didn't opt for a runner. His experience of 20 years at the international level came into play in this historic innings, staying at the crease from the first ball to the last, never once losing focus. There were no chances offered, no dropped catches, making his innings absolutely flawless.dineshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01432591349987115227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729949313664826294.post-18245574164969496332010-02-02T19:06:00.000-08:002010-02-02T19:10:41.392-08:00Ferguson has no Beckham regret<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_D91A146s16Q/S2jpEGGhxuI/AAAAAAAAABw/Sk6VD5IYz0g/s1600-h/images.jpeg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 91px; height: 125px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_D91A146s16Q/S2jpEGGhxuI/AAAAAAAAABw/Sk6VD5IYz0g/s320/images.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433849206989244130" /></a><br />Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has "no regrets" over the sale of David Beckham as he prepares to face his former star.<br /><br />Beckham was near the height of his powers when he was sold by United to Real Madrid in 2003 but Ferguson feels the matter has long since been consigned to history.<br /><br />The pair will be reunited this month when the Red Devils take on the midfielder's current club, AC Milan, in the Champions League.<br /><br />Ferguson is now more concerned about how his players will handle the inevitable attention that will accompany Beckham during the last-16 tie than wondering about what might have been.<br /><br />When asked about the player's £25million move from Old Trafford, Ferguson told the club's official magazine 'Inside United': "No regrets. We move on."<br /><br />He added: "The only difference with David's return to Manchester United compared with other players is that there will be a big media circus surrounding him when Milan arrive.<br /><br />"He's such a high-profile celebrity - not just a high-profile footballer - and we haven't really seen anybody else return to the club in that situation.<br /><br />"Our job is to concentrate on the football match and let the David Beckham media circus carry on - we know we're not going to stop it anyway."dineshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01432591349987115227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729949313664826294.post-91371877341001062222010-02-02T18:59:00.000-08:002010-02-02T19:00:45.686-08:00Cricket news-England begin coach huntThe England and Wales Cricket Board are seeking a successor for Ottis Gibson after the fast bowling coach left his post on Tuesday. <br /><br />Barbados-born Gibson vacated the role he has occupied since 2007 to take up the position of West Indies head coach. <br /><br />"Ottis has been a valuable member of my management team and we will all be sorry to see him leave," said England head coach Andy Flower. <br /><br />"However we recognise that being offered the chance to be head coach of your country was an offer that would be hard for Ottis to resist. We wish him well in the future."<br /><br />Gibson played two Tests and 15 one-day internationals for the West Indies but was brought to England's attention by his county cricket displays for Durhadineshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01432591349987115227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729949313664826294.post-87183860085420558072010-02-02T18:50:00.000-08:002010-02-02T18:56:05.513-08:00Blues would offer Terry breakThe centre-back was Chelsea's captain for the second match since allegations of his private life hit the newspapers as he led the Blues out in their 1-1 draw at Hull City on Tuesday night.<br /><br />Headlines have provided saturation coverage of Terry's alleged affair with the ex-girlfriend of England team-mate Wayne Bridge and it has been rumoured that further revelations are imminent.<br /><br />It has therefore been questioned whether the defender should remain as England skipper and a meeting with Fabio Capello regarding the subject is predicted to take place on Thursday evening or Friday morning.<br /><br />There has been speculation that Terry will then be allowed by Ancelotti to miss the FA Cup clash with Cardiff on 13th February to address matters in his private life, which would include spending Valentine's Day with his wife.dineshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01432591349987115227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729949313664826294.post-88378697207203983972010-02-02T18:45:00.000-08:002010-02-02T18:49:24.988-08:00Hull City 1 - 1 ChelseaDidier Drogba celebrated his return from African Nations Cup duty by notching his 20th goal of the season to spare Chelsea's blushes in a 1-1 draw against lowly Hull.dineshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01432591349987115227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729949313664826294.post-4756718404459548732010-02-02T18:42:00.000-08:002010-02-02T18:45:03.458-08:00racing news-F1 set to formalize points system, tire changesFIA is also proposing to have the top-10 race qualifiers start on their qualifying tires, while the rest of the field could use new tires. F1 will also reduce the number of dry-weather tires available to teams to "encourage teams to run during the Friday practice sessions."<br /><br />"We're not 100 percent sure on this yet," Tost said of having to race on the tires used in qualifying, although he did believe this would make races more interesting.<br /><br />Measures to exclude the contentious double diffuser -- a rear wing design that creates more downforce -- from 2011 were also agreed on.<br /><br />Teams protested against Brawn GP, Toyota and Williams last year over their interpretation of the diffuser rule after the design helped eventual constructors' champion Brawn pull away from the pack. However, the double diffuser was later cleared for use.<br /><br />The proposals will be submitted to the World Motor Sport Council for approval within 48 hours, FIA said.dineshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01432591349987115227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729949313664826294.post-87483807300164823112010-02-02T18:36:00.000-08:002010-02-02T18:42:11.203-08:00McCarron: I didn't call Lefty 'cheater'<span style="font-family:verdana;">In a statement released Monday, McCarron discussed his original comments to the San Francisco Chronicle regarding Mickelson and other players using Ping-Eye 2 clubs that have grooves which no longer conform to USGA and PGA Tour standards, but are still considered legal because they were grandfathered in two decades ago.<br /><br />“<br /><br />I responded, 'It's cheating and I am appalled Phil has put it in play' ... I never called Phil Mickelson a cheater. That being said, I want my fans, sponsors, and most importantly, my fellow players, to know that I will not be silenced and I will continue my efforts to get the groove issue resolved.<br />”<br />-- Scott McCarron<br /><br /><br /><br />Interviewed by CBS during its telecast of the third round of the Farmers Insurance Open on Saturday, Mickelson maintained that he had been "publicly slandered" by McCarron. He later addressed the situation further, saying, "Again, everybody has their opinions and so forth, and it's healthy to talk about it. But when you cross that line and slander someone publicly, that's when the tour needs to step in -- or someone else."<br /><br />For its part, the PGA Tour has stepped in, issuing a statement that read, in part, "Because the use of pre-1990 Ping-Eye 2 irons is permitted for play, public comments or criticisms characterizing their use as a violation of the rules of golf as promulgated by the USGA are inappropriate at best."</span>dineshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01432591349987115227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729949313664826294.post-64011727783779586022009-12-22T03:11:00.000-08:002009-12-22T03:15:09.736-08:00Messi wins Fifa Player of Year awardThe 22-year-old forward, who also landed the European Footballer of the Year prize earlier this month, picked up the accolade after collecting four major titles with Barcelona - the Champions League, the Club World Cup, La Liga and the King's Cup. <br />"This finishes a magnificent year for Barcelona, my team mates and for me," said Messi after receiving the trophy from UEFA president and former France international Michel Platini. <br />The Argentine, who joined Barcelona as a 13-year-old in 2000, claimed 1,073 points in a poll of 147 national team coaches and captains. <br />Portugal and Real Madrid winger Cristiano Ronaldo, last year's winner, was a distant second with 352 points followed by Spain and Barcelona midfielder Xavi (196). <br />Messi was leading scorer in the 2008-09 Champions League, hitting nine goals including one in the 2-0 final win over Manchester United. <br />He also notched the extra-time winner in the 2-1 Club World Cup final victory over Estudiantes in Abu Dhabi on Saturday. <br />Messi's vote appeared to be entirely based on his club form as his performances for Argentina, under coach Diego Maradona, were largely disappointing. <br />Argentina struggled to qualify for the World Cup and their results this year included a 6-1 hammering in Bolivia and defeats by Paraguay and Ecuador. <br />Before the ceremony, Messi told reporters he could not explain why he failed to perform at the same level for his country.dineshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01432591349987115227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729949313664826294.post-53183648192702591662009-11-23T23:07:00.002-08:002009-12-07T19:16:59.531-08:00"Slovenian Bozic Wins Sixth Stage "Slovenian Borut Bozic landed the best stage victory of his career by winning the 176.8-km sixth leg of the Tour of Spain on Friday.The Vacansoleil rider crossed the finish line well clear of American Tyler Farrar and former race leader Daniele Bennati of Italy.The sprinters are dominating the overall standings with German Andre Greipel in first place, six seconds ahead of Belgian Tom Boonen and nine seconds in front of Bennati in third."This is a major breakthrough," Bozic told reporters. "The key to winning was being well positioned behind Farrar and Boonen and then accelerating away 250 metres from the line."Nobody expected me to start my move so far from the finish and I was able to take the biggest victory of my career."The 29-year-old Bozic said cycling in Slovenia was a minority sport, which made it tough to carve out his career path."I've only ever raced in smaller teams and that means you have to fight harder and win more in order to succeed," he said.dineshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01432591349987115227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729949313664826294.post-73215615070207753922009-11-23T23:07:00.001-08:002009-12-07T19:41:17.399-08:00"Chelsea Ignored Warnings About Poaching Talent"When Chelsea dangled its wealth and star players in front of him, Gael Kakuta did what any teenage footballing prodigy from a modest background might do: He lost his head. The contract he had signed with the French club that nurtured him from age 8 was cast aside. For that, Kakuta and Chelsea are now paying a very heavy price.''He cracked, as one would crack for a pretty woman,'' says Eric Assadourian, who coached the preciously talented and swift Kakuta before Chelsea snapped him up at age 16. ''He fell -- quote, unquote -- in love. It was a bolt of lightning.''''Meeting (Michael) Ballack, (Didier) Drogba and the others, it was his dream,'' adds Assadourian, referring to Chelsea's star-studded lineup. ''It was very tough to hold him back.''In punishing Chelsea for allegedly luring the youngster away from French side Lens, football's guardians at governing body FIFA are sending a powerful warning to the giants of the game in England and elsewhere that their wealth and clout doesn't give them license to do whatever they please.However harshly Chelsea feels it has been treated, the more important principle is that teams -- from the grass roots up -- must be adequately rewarded for the time and money they invest in rearing football's players of tomorrow. Lens, a modest first-division club in France's industrial north, spends richly on training young players and can't afford to see them simply walk out the door.dineshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01432591349987115227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729949313664826294.post-58671736546391643652009-11-23T23:06:00.001-08:002009-12-07T20:19:23.184-08:00 European Countries Focusing On World cup FinalsWorld champions Italy could lead a procession of as many as seven European countries into next year's World Cup in South Africa over the next few days.Netherlands are the only European side certain of a place in the finals and Italy, Denmark, Slovakia, Germany, Spain, England and Serbia are well placed to join them.All nine group winners qualify for the finals with the eight best runners-up entering the two-legged playoffs in November.But Italian coach Marcello Lippi, whose side visit bottom-placed Georgia Saturday and host Bulgaria in Turin next Wednesday in Group Eight, is taking nothing for granteddineshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01432591349987115227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729949313664826294.post-18148800538862159872009-11-23T23:05:00.000-08:002009-11-23T23:06:15.901-08:00Barcelona Wins Champions League FinalWith an incessant attack and a focus on possession, Barcelona defeated the defending champion, Manchester United, 2-0 to win the European Champions League title, Europe's most prestigious club soccer tournament. Samuel Eto'o drew first for Barcelona, scoring in the 10th minute off the left hand of Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar, giving Barcelona the only goal it would needdineshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01432591349987115227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729949313664826294.post-68865360341725346262009-11-23T23:04:00.000-08:002009-11-23T23:05:54.456-08:00Penguins Win the Stanley Cup<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_D91A146s16Q/SwuFuAmpOLI/AAAAAAAAAA0/woi7SEuPpEM/s1600/Stanleycup.slide1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407562803070974130" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 198px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_D91A146s16Q/SwuFuAmpOLI/AAAAAAAAAA0/woi7SEuPpEM/s320/Stanleycup.slide1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>The Pittsburgh Penguins won their third Stanley Cup in franchise history, defeating the defending champion Detroit Red Wings 2-1 in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals. The win avenged last year’s finals loss in six games to Detroit.</div>dineshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01432591349987115227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729949313664826294.post-71847012518167476652009-11-23T23:03:00.000-08:002009-11-23T23:04:42.130-08:00Knicks’ Long-Term Plans for 2010 Foil Free-Agent Signings<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_D91A146s16Q/SwuFfGQaOLI/AAAAAAAAAAs/gx-GvcG0B1A/s1600/knicks190.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407562546890291378" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 190px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 159px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_D91A146s16Q/SwuFfGQaOLI/AAAAAAAAAAs/gx-GvcG0B1A/s320/knicks190.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Donnie Walsh’s summer social calendar was scorched with ink. He feted Jason Kidd and Grant Hill. He chatted up Andre Miller and Ramon Sessions. Madison Square Garden was a virtual way station for wandering free agents.<br />But the Knicks’ checkbook never left his hip pocket, and Walsh, the team president, summed up his summer with three words: “Busy, but restricted.”It has been an awkward off-season for Walsh, whose short-term goals were repeatedly short-circuited by his long-term agenda. He is committed to clearing salary-cap space in 2010, making it difficult to sign players in 2009. He has yet to re-sign his own top free agents, David Lee and Nate Robinson (although that will probably happen soon).</div>dineshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01432591349987115227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729949313664826294.post-76327471712044275642009-11-23T23:02:00.000-08:002009-11-23T23:03:42.682-08:00Florida’s Star Yearns to Make a Difference<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_D91A146s16Q/SwuFQVJ0pEI/AAAAAAAAAAk/vlqz0_CxtKM/s1600/30tebow.1.600.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407562293191156802" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 184px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_D91A146s16Q/SwuFQVJ0pEI/AAAAAAAAAAk/vlqz0_CxtKM/s320/30tebow.1.600.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>More than 9,000 miles and a world away from Florida’s campus, Uncle Dick’s, a home for 48 orphans, is the best place to gauge Tebow’s reach as a college star and what it is he wants to accomplish with the platform his athletic success has afforded him.Tebow has inspired the orphans personally — they easily break into Florida’s signature cheer, the Gator Chomp, despite not understanding football. One young boy is called Richard, after Tebow’s middle name.Tebow has also helped them financially. Some of the more than $300,000 Tebow has helped raise while at Florida has enabled the children to get their own beds, drink clean water and stock their shelves with groceries.“It’s such tangible things,” Tebow said. “Like getting a chain saw so they don’t have to cut down everything with an ax.”Tebow, 22, has a chance during his senior year at Florida to establish himself as one of the most accomplished and recognizable athletes in collegiate sports history. But when Tebow talks about the long-term future, his ultimate hope is that football will provide a way for him to run a charitable empire.</div>dineshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01432591349987115227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729949313664826294.post-41653952155278692302009-11-23T23:00:00.002-08:002009-11-23T23:02:15.238-08:00Dent Supplies Excitement on Day of Relative Order<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_D91A146s16Q/SwuE6AOP4WI/AAAAAAAAAAc/B6vBq2c_TbE/s1600/dent600.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407561909615452514" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 192px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_D91A146s16Q/SwuE6AOP4WI/AAAAAAAAAAc/B6vBq2c_TbE/s320/dent600.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Taylor Dent and Ivan Navarro, in a classic throwback of serve-and-volleyers that started in the late afternoon and ended in darkness, played one of the most dramatic and entertaining matches of this United States Open from the opening volley until the fifth-set tie breaker.After 4 hours 12 minutes, Dent’s comeback from back surgery continued apace as he ousted Navarro with a stirring 6-4, 5-7, 6-7 (1), 7-5, 7-6 (9) victory.“I don’t know how it happened,” Dent said, “but it happened.”It happened, in part, with a barrage of volleys. There were 255 combined net approaches by the players, a staggering number in today’s world of baseline sluggers.As the drama mounted throughout the match, more and more fans converged on the Grandstand. Most of them cheered on Dent, who is returning to the Open for the first time since 2005 after three back surgeries shut him down for the last two years.Dent, who spent eight months in bed thinking about everything from religion to acquiring a real estate license, finally returned to the tour this year, albeit slowly.In the fifth-set tie breaker Navarro was serving for the match, but Dent hit a perfect backhand lob over Navarro that sat on the baseline. Then Dent appeared to have the match on his strings at 7-6, but he sent an easy forehand volley wide, causing him to scream a wicked invective at his misfortune as the crowd groaned.So the combatants battled on. Dent hit an ace up the middle to take a 10-9 lead and then hit an exquisite backhand return down the line as Navarro charged the net for the last time.Dent squatted down with his racket to his head and screamed a more joyous exclamation, before circling the court, slapping hands with fans and signing autographs for almost everyone who asked.For an encore, Dent will play Andy Murray in a third-round match that will generate a lot of attention.“I honestly don’t know how I’m going to fare against Andy,” Dent said. “But I will guarantee everybody this: If I lose, 6-0, 6-0, 6-0, I’m going to die fighting for every point. My execution isn’t at the level I would like going into a match playing Andy Murray, so I’m going to make up for that with just pure grit and toughness.”In the last event of a long day Rafael Nadal avoided disaster by eliminating Nicolas Kiefer, 6-0, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, in a match that exposed some of Nadal’s rust after his three-month layoff because of tendinitis in his knees. Until he broke Kiefer’s serve at 4-3 in a 12-minute game in the third set, the outcome was in doubt. But as the match progressed, Nadal gathered strength and confidence and ultimately his talent and athleticism won out.For the first time in the Open era, the top 16 seeded men advanced to the third round in a major.Calm had returned to the proceedings after a day of upsets Thursday. Second-seeded Serena Williams all but stifled a yawn in treating her third-round match against María José Martínez Sánchez of Spain as a minor nuisance in a 6-3, 7-5 victory. No. 10 seed Flavia Pennetta needed 52 minutes to crush Aleksandra Wozniak of Canada, 6-1, 6-1, after Wozniak had routed No. 17 Amélie Mauresmo. And Daniela Hantuchova, No. 22, swatted away Vania King, 6-2, 6-2. King was trying to rekindle another day of undersize American magic a day after the 5-foot-6 Melanie Oudin rocked the Open by ousting the No. 4 seed, Elena Dementieva.When No. 2 men’s seed Andy Murray dropped a set to Paul Capdeville of Chile in their second-round match, it seemed like a big deal, but it turned into little more than a hiccup in his 6-2, 3-6, 6-0, 6-2 victory. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, the No. 7 men’s seed, kept his momentum going with a dominating 7-5, 6-3, 6-4, victory over Jarkko Nieminen in a triumph of power over a classic counter-puncher. And No. 6 Juan Martín del Potro suffered only a few wobbles in beating Jürgen Melzer of Austria, 7-6 (6), 6-3, 6-3.Venus Williams, seeded third, defeated Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia, 6-2, 7-5, to advance to the fourth round. The victory sets up an intriguing matchup: she will take on Kim Clijsters.“So exciting,” Williams said in a television interview. “She’s been playing so great.”Clijsters, who dismissed Kirsten Flipkens, 6-0, 6-2, on Friday, won the Open in 2005. Williams was the last women’s repeat champion, in 2000 and 2001.Williams, wearing bandages above and below her left knee to ease patellar tendinitis in the joint, committed 23 unforced errors in the first nine games of the second set before rallying.Clijsters had little problem defeating Flipkens, whom she has mentored in Belgium.In her previous match, Pennetta had been even more dominant, beating Sania Mirza without dropping a game. The only ripple on the women’s side was a minor upset, No. 8 Victoria Azarenka falling to No. 26 Francesca Schiavone, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2. It wasn’t minor to Azarenka, who smashed her racket at the end of the match.The player no one wants to face is Pennetta, 27, who last month became the first Italian woman to crack the top 10. She won tournaments in Palermo, Italy, and Los Angeles, where she beat Maria Sharapova, to put herself on a roll.</div>dineshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01432591349987115227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729949313664826294.post-77281728479966659292009-11-23T23:00:00.001-08:002009-11-23T23:00:47.555-08:00Three Star eye glory in SikkimThe Nabil Three Star Club will leave for Gangtok, Sikkim, next week to defend their Governor's Gold Cup title. Tipped as favourites to win it again, all eyes will be on the Nepali outfit whose lineup consists of several players from the national squad. “We have a challenging task ahead of us. But we have trained hard to live up to our expectations,” said coach Upendra Man Singh at Wednesday's practice session. Three Star won the title last year under Upendra’s coaching. Upendra is being accompanied by his former team-mate Bal Gopal, the assistant coach.“We have focused more on the fitness of the players in the first 10 days of our practice,” said Bal Gopal.Upendra and Bal Gopal share good on-field chemistry since their playing days with Three Star and in the national team. Now, the duo, who have established themselves as emerging youth coaches, face a challenging task to give Three Star their second title in the championship.“The players have got their forms back and are excited to compete in the championship. By next week, we hope to make them ready for the game,” the duo said.The championship, which enters its 31st edition, is the oldest and the most-reputed football event in Sikkim. Going by its history, Nepali clubs in recent years have been the highlight of the event, putting up quality performances against Indian clubs. “Most football lovers in Sikkim are fond of Nepali clubs and they often support Nepali outfits,” said Upendra recalling his experiences of the event held in Paljor Stadium.Three Star will play a friendly game against a club from Kakarbhitta before the tournament begins.dineshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01432591349987115227noreply@blogger.com0